It’s not possible to die of boredom because I’m still alive. If every weekend is going to be like this I’m definitely going to ask if I can leave early. I just need to figure out how early I can afford to go because I do want to squeeze in one more German class. It’s not like it’s torture here in Allgäu. In some ways it’s actually better here-I sleep in a room with windows, there’s plenty of good healthy food to eat, and I like Helmer about a million times better than I like Gregor. However. It’s sooooo boring here. I miss having a social life, the majority of which took place on the weekends, and I miss having at least one day of the week completely free. (According to my contract I should have two.)

I’ll admit that taking care of Julia isn’t hard, and it’s usually even pretty enjoyable. Still, I don’t want to do it every single day between now and July eighteenth. I’d still need to look but I think June 16^th would be a good day to go. That would leave me just over four weeks free. For two of them I’d probably have to live in a hostel so I could finish my class, which ends on July 4^th, then I’d probably go to Paris for a week and a half, then back to Munich because that’s where I fly out of, and I’d like to see all my friends one last time. Yep, sounds like a plan. I guess I just need to wait for the right moment to ask now.

But then I would probably be keener on staying if, for example, we set something up where my Taschengeld would be automatically transferred into my account and I only had to come here every other weekend. Okay, it will have to be discussed. But if I do get to go earlier I could really take advantage of the Bayern Ticket and see more of Bavaria. And without any real time restrictions I could use the Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket to go to other places in Germany I’m always saying I want to visit like Hamburg and Cologne and Essen. Actually, a long train ride sounds really nice. Pack some sandwiches and books and inflatable neck pillow…is it weird that that sounds like heaven to me right now? Like if a genie popped out of a bottle right now that’s what I’d wish for?

Well, no matter what I’m going to Paris on May sixteenth. Actually, I’m leaving Munich on May 16^th, spending a night in the airport in Brussels, and then getting to Paris first thing in the morning on the seventeenth. And then we’re going to Disney and a chateau that I don’t remember the name of which also has a zoo and a botanical garden. My point is that I have a lot to look forward to, I just need to remind myself sometimes.